Asthma - therapy and medications

The therapy of asthma distinguish bronchial between basic preventive therapy (medication) and of acute therapy in the asthma attack (rescue medication). While the basic therapy is characterized by chronic medication, the acute therapy in asthma attacks characterised by a medication of need for.

General objectives - bronchial asthma following in the treatment of asthma:

1. Reduce symptoms or at best to the disappearance
2. Acute attacks decrease, at best completely prevent
3. Keep or reduce chronic inflammation of the Airways in chess
4. Lung function stabilize or improve
5. Get quality of life and reduce or completely avoid restrictions in everyday life by the asthma
6. Allow a normal physical and mental development of children and young people
7. During therapy, a balance must be struck between the effectiveness of the drugs and their side effects.

Treatment: Medicines for asthma

Almost always the treatment comprises requirements and preventive medications. It is important to take preventive therapy in particular - it is more conducive, health consistently and regularly to take the medication, as always to react during an acute attack. Preventive therapy is well placed, necessary medications are only occasionally (at best, not at all) need. Most drugs are inhaled during therapy — so, they quickly reach the scene. In case of an emergency, including infusions for the treatment of asthma be given bronchial asthma.

The drugs for treatment are put together individually depending on the severity of asthma by a doctor and must, if necessary, in the course of therapy again on the current situation of the adjusted by asthma sufferers. In principle a distinction to the therapy of asthma bronchial anticonvulsant agents (betamimetic drugs such as salbutamol, terbutaline and formoterol), anti-inflammatory medication (cortisone, Leukotrienhemmer) and Atemwegserweiterer (theophylline). These medicines are today partly offered as combination drugs for the treatment of asthma.

Alternative treatment for asthma bronchial

Procedure can of alternative medicine be used concomitantly. You can reduce the symptoms of asthma bronchiale, the frequency of asthma attacks and therefore the consumption of drugs. Methods include acupuncture or a homeopathic therapy of the Constitution to strengthen the immune system (water therapy, microbiological).

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